26th
Jul
As a hiking photographer, there are some great advantages to having a portable, photo editing tool. With the upcoming release of iPadOS, the iPad may, for the first time, become a tool that serious photographers can use as a significant part of their workflow. Features such as external drive support and direct import of files […]
26th
Oct
As many of you likely know, a couple months ago, I migrated my entire Lightroom Classic library to Lightroom CC for Desktop. For a little over two months, I maintained two separate workflows for my photography, one in the Lightroom CC ecosystem and one in Lightroom Classic, completely cut off from syncing with Lightroom CC. […]
17th
Sep
I’m currently on a journey to find the right setup for my travels. I’m reaching analysis paralysis, so I thought I’d leverage my network and see if others have any opinions that might help sway me one way or another. So, without further ado, here is my dilemma. Current Setup At the moment, I do […]
13th
Sep
As a public service today, I thought I’d share my photography workflow, such as it is. Now, over the past year or two, I’ve had a consistent workflow that I’m not super happy with. There are two parts of my workflow that didn’t thrill me: (1) my photo editing software of choice does not handle […]
6th
Jul
Photo credit: Lou Toni for the feature image above I’ve been using Fujifilm for just over a year now. About three months ago, after gathering dust, I finally sold my beloved Canon 6D an lenses. (I did keep my nifty fifty and Canon Elan 7NE. I couldn’t entirely give up Canon, and that is my […]
19th
Nov
Over the years, I’ve carried my fair share of heavy gear. On backpacking trips, my record is in around 14 pounds of camera gear alone. Though I know folks who’ve carried more than that. Still, my goal is not to have the heaviest load. Especially as I left my 20s, carrying a lot of stuff […]
8th
Jun
One of the most common questions I’m asked is about hiking with a camera. What do I bring? How much does it weigh? And how do I carry it? The short answer is, it depends, but let me take a bit to explain how I carry my camera in different situations. General Philosophy I know […]
18th
May
Having worked with the Lightroom Panorama Feature for a few weeks, I’ve walked away with a few valuable tips on how to make use of this new feature and on making the eventual merge easier while you are on the shoot. 1. Orient Perpendicular to your Panorama As you shoot for a post-processing panorama merge, you will quickly discover […]
27th
Apr
Gear, Photography, Product Reviews
by Hiking with Camera
Adobe recently released a new version of Lightroom that included two new hallmark features: HDR and Panorama. I’m still experimenting with the HDR tool and have yet to get any really good results, but the Lightroom 6 Panorama merge tool has quickly blown my mind away. Series of photos that would have taken hours to […]